Michael Hahn
@mshahn.bsky.social
(Mystical-)Theology, Medieval Studies & Franciscan Studies. Lecturer in Christian Spirituality at Sarum College. 🏓and🏸player. From Darlington. he/him 🏳️🌈.
Next Thursday at Sarum College, we are hosting a postgraduate seminar on the theme of "Spirituality and Human Flourishing." Alongside a keynote paper from James Woodward (@woodwardjames.bsky.social) we have three great student papers.
November 15, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Next Thursday at Sarum College, we are hosting a postgraduate seminar on the theme of "Spirituality and Human Flourishing." Alongside a keynote paper from James Woodward (@woodwardjames.bsky.social) we have three great student papers.
The talk will be translated live into Spanish, French, Portuguese, Hindi, Tamil, and Italian, and the posters and information in those languages (including the respective time zones) are copied below.
November 15, 2025 at 11:27 AM
The talk will be translated live into Spanish, French, Portuguese, Hindi, Tamil, and Italian, and the posters and information in those languages (including the respective time zones) are copied below.
Next Saturday at 12 noon UK time, I'll be giving the 2025 Franciscan Global Vision Summit lecture online on "The Deification of the Fraternity and Sorority of All Creation: Insights from Bonaventure and Angela of Foligno." Sign up here (forms.gle/9hGCN1puVUQW...) or via the QR code in the poster.
November 15, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Next Saturday at 12 noon UK time, I'll be giving the 2025 Franciscan Global Vision Summit lecture online on "The Deification of the Fraternity and Sorority of All Creation: Insights from Bonaventure and Angela of Foligno." Sign up here (forms.gle/9hGCN1puVUQW...) or via the QR code in the poster.
Had a lovely afternoon in Durham as this week's speaker at the Catholic Theology Research Seminar at the Department of Theology and Religion.
November 6, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Had a lovely afternoon in Durham as this week's speaker at the Catholic Theology Research Seminar at the Department of Theology and Religion.
Does Christian spirituality encourage (or allow for) human flourishing, health, and wellbeing? How do we measure 'health' and 'wellbeing'? Explore these and other questions in our MA module (open to external attendees) on "Spirituality, Health and Wellbeing" in four weeks' time at Sarum College. /1
October 22, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Does Christian spirituality encourage (or allow for) human flourishing, health, and wellbeing? How do we measure 'health' and 'wellbeing'? Explore these and other questions in our MA module (open to external attendees) on "Spirituality, Health and Wellbeing" in four weeks' time at Sarum College. /1
Does Christian spirituality encourage (or allow for) human flourishing, health, and wellbeing? How do we measure 'health' and 'wellbeing'? Explore these and other questions in our MA module (open to external attendees) on "Spirituality, Health and Wellbeing" in four weeks' time at Sarum College. /1
October 22, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Does Christian spirituality encourage (or allow for) human flourishing, health, and wellbeing? How do we measure 'health' and 'wellbeing'? Explore these and other questions in our MA module (open to external attendees) on "Spirituality, Health and Wellbeing" in four weeks' time at Sarum College. /1
On 4th November I'm hosting a webinar, 1-4 PM (UK time) on "Writing Julian of Norwich in the 21st Century." The webinar will feature Hannah Lucas (writer of Impossible Recovery: Julian of Norwich and the Phenomenology of Wellbeing) and Claire Gilbert (author of I, Julian). /1
October 22, 2025 at 10:14 PM
On 4th November I'm hosting a webinar, 1-4 PM (UK time) on "Writing Julian of Norwich in the 21st Century." The webinar will feature Hannah Lucas (writer of Impossible Recovery: Julian of Norwich and the Phenomenology of Wellbeing) and Claire Gilbert (author of I, Julian). /1
CFP for our postgrad seminar on "Spirituality and Human Flourishing" in November at Sarum College and online. It is a great space for students to present their first (or one of their first) academic papers. Proposals to mhahn@sarum.ac.uk by the end of October.
September 25, 2025 at 9:22 AM
CFP for our postgrad seminar on "Spirituality and Human Flourishing" in November at Sarum College and online. It is a great space for students to present their first (or one of their first) academic papers. Proposals to mhahn@sarum.ac.uk by the end of October.
Honoured to be giving a talk for the Franciscan Vision Global Summit on Saturday 22nd November on "The Deification of the Fraternity and Sorority of Creation". The event is free and online but requires registering beforehand via this link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
September 24, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Honoured to be giving a talk for the Franciscan Vision Global Summit on Saturday 22nd November on "The Deification of the Fraternity and Sorority of Creation". The event is free and online but requires registering beforehand via this link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
The module is taught at MA level but is our introductory module, so is suitable both for those with and without previous theological training. Attendees can stay in Sarum College within the beautiful Cathedral Close. Booking and more infor here: sarum.ac.uk/short-course... /8 (end)
#spirituality
#spirituality
September 4, 2025 at 9:34 AM
The module is taught at MA level but is our introductory module, so is suitable both for those with and without previous theological training. Attendees can stay in Sarum College within the beautiful Cathedral Close. Booking and more infor here: sarum.ac.uk/short-course... /8 (end)
#spirituality
#spirituality
Gillian Ahlgren will bring our course to a close by looking at Julian of Norwich as an example of spirituality and the imitation of Christ at the end of the Middle Ages, before looking at spirituality in the Reformations, focusing particularly on Teresa of Avila. /7
#julianofnorwich #teresaofavila
#julianofnorwich #teresaofavila
September 4, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Gillian Ahlgren will bring our course to a close by looking at Julian of Norwich as an example of spirituality and the imitation of Christ at the end of the Middle Ages, before looking at spirituality in the Reformations, focusing particularly on Teresa of Avila. /7
#julianofnorwich #teresaofavila
#julianofnorwich #teresaofavila
Tom O’Loughlin will run two sessions on Celtic spiritualities. The first looks at the concepts of sin and penitence in Celtic contexts. The second takes the Stowe Missal as an example of the influence of liturgical spirituality. /6
#celtic #celticspirituality
#celtic #celticspirituality
September 4, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Tom O’Loughlin will run two sessions on Celtic spiritualities. The first looks at the concepts of sin and penitence in Celtic contexts. The second takes the Stowe Missal as an example of the influence of liturgical spirituality. /6
#celtic #celticspirituality
#celtic #celticspirituality
Julia Konstantiovsky will teach two sessions. The first looks at Evagrius Ponticus and pseudo-Dionysius and the early mystical traditions within a Patristic context. The second introduces Eastern Orthodox spirituality by focusing on Gregory Palamas. /5
#dionysius #patristics #apophaticism
#dionysius #patristics #apophaticism
September 4, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Julia Konstantiovsky will teach two sessions. The first looks at Evagrius Ponticus and pseudo-Dionysius and the early mystical traditions within a Patristic context. The second introduces Eastern Orthodox spirituality by focusing on Gregory Palamas. /5
#dionysius #patristics #apophaticism
#dionysius #patristics #apophaticism
Jayme Reaves will introduce how the term “spirituality” was used in various Biblical contexts, and also how key biblical texts present important issues that become foundational for Christian spirituality such as the unknowability of God and images such as God as "mother hen". /4
#biblicalstudies
#biblicalstudies
September 4, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Jayme Reaves will introduce how the term “spirituality” was used in various Biblical contexts, and also how key biblical texts present important issues that become foundational for Christian spirituality such as the unknowability of God and images such as God as "mother hen". /4
#biblicalstudies
#biblicalstudies
... and then at scholastic theologians and women mystics, and their shared approaches to Christian spirituality and to the divine-human relationship /3
#mystics #mysticism
#mystics #mysticism
September 4, 2025 at 9:34 AM
... and then at scholastic theologians and women mystics, and their shared approaches to Christian spirituality and to the divine-human relationship /3
#mystics #mysticism
#mystics #mysticism
I will give introductory sessions on what “Christian spirituality” is and how (and why) we study it historically. I then teach two sessions on medieval spirituality in the West, looking at Benedict’s rule and monastic spirituality, ... /2
#Benedictines #monasticspirituality
#Benedictines #monasticspirituality
September 4, 2025 at 9:34 AM
I will give introductory sessions on what “Christian spirituality” is and how (and why) we study it historically. I then teach two sessions on medieval spirituality in the West, looking at Benedict’s rule and monastic spirituality, ... /2
#Benedictines #monasticspirituality
#Benedictines #monasticspirituality
Want to know more about the history and development of Christian spirituality? From 13-16 October we have a brilliant 4-day course at Sarum College (@sarumcollege.bsky.social) in Salisbury with a stellar team of lecturers. The course is open to external attendees. More info and booking below. /1
September 4, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Want to know more about the history and development of Christian spirituality? From 13-16 October we have a brilliant 4-day course at Sarum College (@sarumcollege.bsky.social) in Salisbury with a stellar team of lecturers. The course is open to external attendees. More info and booking below. /1
Happy Feast Day of St Clare of Assisi (d. 1253). Although often remembered by the title she gave herself "la pianticella" ("the little plant") of St Francis of Assisi, Clare is far more than just Francis's understudy. /1
August 11, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Happy Feast Day of St Clare of Assisi (d. 1253). Although often remembered by the title she gave herself "la pianticella" ("the little plant") of St Francis of Assisi, Clare is far more than just Francis's understudy. /1
Very pleased to have this week submitted the manuscript of "A Companion to Angela of Foligno" to Brill. I sincerely hope that the book will help to bring the scholarship on Angela in English up to date. The book contains 10 chapters, a preface and an afterword /1 (of 2)
July 27, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Very pleased to have this week submitted the manuscript of "A Companion to Angela of Foligno" to Brill. I sincerely hope that the book will help to bring the scholarship on Angela in English up to date. The book contains 10 chapters, a preface and an afterword /1 (of 2)
In Advent, I will lead a webinar from 10 AM to 1 PM on 10th December on Franciscan perspectives on the Nativity, focusing on Francis’s recreation of the Christmas crib and later theologians from the tradition. Booking here: sarum.ac.uk/short-courses/… 6/6
July 4, 2025 at 11:57 AM
In Advent, I will lead a webinar from 10 AM to 1 PM on 10th December on Franciscan perspectives on the Nativity, focusing on Francis’s recreation of the Christmas crib and later theologians from the tradition. Booking here: sarum.ac.uk/short-courses/… 6/6
On 4th November from 1-4 PM (UK time), two great writers on Julian of Norwich, Hannah Lucas and Claire Gilbert, will run an online course in conversation on how we can draw from Julian’s insights for today. Booking here: sarum.ac.uk/short-courses/… 5/6
July 4, 2025 at 11:56 AM
On 4th November from 1-4 PM (UK time), two great writers on Julian of Norwich, Hannah Lucas and Claire Gilbert, will run an online course in conversation on how we can draw from Julian’s insights for today. Booking here: sarum.ac.uk/short-courses/… 5/6
Edith Stein (with Peter Tyler), Dag Hammarskjöld (with Roger Lipsey) and Dorothee Sölle (with Sue Yore). Booking here: sarum.ac.uk/short-courses/… 4/6
July 4, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Edith Stein (with Peter Tyler), Dag Hammarskjöld (with Roger Lipsey) and Dorothee Sölle (with Sue Yore). Booking here: sarum.ac.uk/short-courses/… 4/6
On 23rd July I will lead a day course (10-4, UK time) available via Zoom and in person (Salisbury) on Franciscan female theologians -- Clare of Assisi (d. 1253), Angela of Foligno (d. 1309) and Camilla Battista da Varano (d. 1524). Booking here: sarum.ac.uk/short-courses/… 2/6
July 4, 2025 at 11:54 AM
On 23rd July I will lead a day course (10-4, UK time) available via Zoom and in person (Salisbury) on Franciscan female theologians -- Clare of Assisi (d. 1253), Angela of Foligno (d. 1309) and Camilla Battista da Varano (d. 1524). Booking here: sarum.ac.uk/short-courses/… 2/6
At Sarum College, we have one final spirituality short course (hybrid – on Franciscan women) of this academic year, and then three great short courses on mysticism (all online) in the autumn. More info and booking below. 1/6
July 4, 2025 at 11:54 AM
At Sarum College, we have one final spirituality short course (hybrid – on Franciscan women) of this academic year, and then three great short courses on mysticism (all online) in the autumn. More info and booking below. 1/6
Wonderful time in Antwerp (and Brussels) for the Mystical Theology Network's annual conference hosted by the Ruusbroec Institute. As always, great to see old and new faces.
Now in Nijmegen for a colloquium on Spirituality as Process at the Titus Brandsma Institute.
Now in Nijmegen for a colloquium on Spirituality as Process at the Titus Brandsma Institute.
June 12, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Wonderful time in Antwerp (and Brussels) for the Mystical Theology Network's annual conference hosted by the Ruusbroec Institute. As always, great to see old and new faces.
Now in Nijmegen for a colloquium on Spirituality as Process at the Titus Brandsma Institute.
Now in Nijmegen for a colloquium on Spirituality as Process at the Titus Brandsma Institute.